74 i LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. nnunniroi ■iiir ■ %- 4»-*i! nH4liV lir'l' C0PYRIGHTED'^I|886| BY -,8AL'0WIN,COOLIDGt, a 'an HOUGHTON .all' R'GHTSRLSERVtD. ,: COTTAGE CITY, Dukes County, Mass., Is on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, and is the outgrowth of the Methodist Camp Meeting, first held in the "Sacred Grove," August 24, 1835, which continued with increasing interest and numbers till about 1870, when the place began to change its character. Prom its almost entirely religious nature to that of a SUMMER PLEASURE RESORT, until at the present time there is only the one week each year devoted to the Camp Meeting, not notice- able even in its character outside the ■■Old Camp Ground." The rest of the ground and time being de- voted to structures and amusements peculiar to Sea-side Summer Resorts. To those who once visit the place comes a desire to do so again, for the charm of cool breezes (there being hardly more than two or three calm days during each season) ; bathing that is unsurpassed for comfort ; fishing, the most varied ; and a general rest fulness which entirely captivates the visitor, and he becomes a yearly pilgrim to this Mecca of rest. To illustrate some of the features of this place this little book is intended, and to the admirers of Cottage City it is dedicated by the PUBLISHERS. /?//)'. 1 886. _^a^^i^_ BALDWIN COOUDGE ^ A. N. HOUGHTON, riM'.MSHERS OF TPKotcVi^pes, * T?hctc=]lLeclrcti;pcs, * T?Kctc=Engravirics, llluslraied nortfolios of Pleasure l^esorls, Illustrated advertising as apflied to Phototypy, etc., to Order only. 154 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.